Boeing slipped down on NASA’s vendor list and Starliner has now cost it nearly $900 million, making for a double-whammy of developments.
) while refraining from any additional bookings aboard Starliner. So from now to 2030—at which time the ISS is expected to retire—NASA has all its crewed missions accounted for. As it stands, Starliner is booked for just six flights, which means Boeing, which retains ownership over its spacecraft design, will have to procure other vendors to keep Starliner in rotation and maintain a viable and ongoing revenue stream.
, SpaceX performs three commercial resupply missions each year on average, earning about $700 million in annual revenue. In addition, Musk’s company uses its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets to launch various scientific payloads for NASA.to develop a human landing system for NASA’s upcoming Artemis 3 mission, which seeks to land a woman and man on the Moon no earlier than 2025.
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